Paracontias hildebrandti, also known commonly as Hildebrand's skink and Hildebrandt's skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Madagascar.
Etymology The specific name, hildebrandti, is in honor of German botanist Johann Maria Hildebrandt.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Paracontias hildebrandti, p. 123).
Geographic range P. hildebrandti is found in northern Madagascar, including the island of Nosy Be.
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of P. hildebrandti is forest, at altitudes from sea level to , but it may also be found in disturbed areas such as cacao plantations.
Description P. hildebrandti has no legs, and it has no external ear openings.
Reproduction P. hildebrandti is oviparous.
References
Further reading Brygoo E-R (1980). "Systématique des lézards scincides de la région malgache. III. les 'Acontias' de Madagascar. Pseudacontias Barboza du Bocage 1899, Paracontias Mocquard 1894, Pseudacontias Hewitt 1929, et Malacontias Greer 1970. IV. Amphiglossus reticulatus (Kaudern 1922)". Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, 4ème série – section A – Zoologie, biologie et écologie animales 2 (3): 905–918. (Paracontias hildebrandti, new combination). (in French). Glaw F, Vences M (2006). A Field Guide to the Amphibians and Reptiles of Madagascar, Third Edition. Cologne, Germany: Vences & Glaw Verlag. 496 pp. . Greer AE (1970). "A Subfamilial Classification of Scincid Lizards". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 139 (3): 151–184. (Malacontias hildebrandti, new combination, p. 167). Peters W (1880). "Über die von Hrn. J. M. Hildebrandt auf Nossi-Bé und Madagascar gasammelten Säugethiere und Amphibien ". Monatsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1880: 508–511. (Acontias hildebrandti, new species, p. 510). (in German and Latin).